Friday, December 3, 2010

SPEAK

Have you ever felt that feeling that the only thing that people are talking about is you? One brave character in this extraordinary book “Speak”, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Really captures what the true meaning of a problem at school really is.

In the first quarter Melinda says “gym should be illegal”. And why she had said this is because when there are so many people hanging out with friends and you are not you get that feeling that you have no friends, that nobody likes you, I think that is what Melinda felt. I have felt that feeling at my school before because Last year I had one good friend in gym and when he was gone I did not really have anybody to walk with and when I saw people looking at me I thought that they were talking about me like making fun of me. I think I felt the same feeling that Melinda felt when I was in that situation.

Something in this book that really stood out to me was the couch. The couch is similar to Melinda, because one side is where she eats her pepperoni pizza, and when she flips the cushions over the other side symbolizes “Nobody ever eats in the dining room!” Melinda is like this too because at school she is very lonely and is quick to judge people, but at home it is almost like she forgets about school and she forgets about her stress. I along with about everyone I know acts this way too because we all act a little different when we are with are friends then when we are at home with our parents. Which is why we are all two sided; just like the couch.

When I think about this book the first thing that comes to my mind is; “Did the author write this book from experience? Because the author wrote a story about problems and experiences your main character has, you would think that Laurie Halse Anderson wrote this book from experience. After reading this phenomenal book when the word Loneliness is said; I think of Melinda.

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